There are 9 ways to get from Katowice to Kiel by train, bus, car, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train via Hamburg
best- Take the train from Katowice to Berlin-Lichtenbergtrain Ic
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Hamburg Hbftrain 28 / ...
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain Re7
10h 17m€129–304Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Katowice to Hamburgbus
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Bordesholmtrain Re7 / ...
15h 52m€53–156Bus
- Take the bus from Katowice, Bus Station Sadowa to Kiel central bus stationbus N150a
13h€75–120Drive 870.8 km
- Drive from Katowice to Kielcar 870.8 km
7h 48m€128–185Fly Katowice International Airport to Hamburg Airport, train
- Fly from Katowice International Airport (KTW) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane KTW - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain
8h 22m€122–346Train
- Take the train from Katowice to Berlin-Lichtenbergtrain Ic
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain 28 / ...
10h 39m€131–264Train to John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice, fly to Hamburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Katowice to Krakow Glownytrain
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane KRK - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain
9h 42m€92–332Train to Warsaw Chopin Airport, fly to Hamburg Airport, train
- Take the train from Katowice to Warszawa Zachodniatrain
- Fly from Warsaw Chopin Airport (WAW) to Hamburg Airport (HAM)plane WAW - HAM
- Take the train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbftrain
8h 21m€116–393Fly Katowice International Airport to Billund Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Katowice International Airport (KTW) to Billund Airport (BLL)plane KTW - BLL
- Take the bus from Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airport to Kolding Busterminalbus
- Take the train from Kolding St. to Schleswigtrain
- Take the train from Schleswig to Kiel Hbftrain
9h 45m€109–349
Katowice to Kiel by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Katowice to Kiel is to bus which costs €75 - €120 and takes 13h.
The fastest way to get from Katowice to Kiel is to drive which takes 7h 48m and costs €120 - €190.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Katowice, Bus Station Sadowa station and arriving at Kiel central bus station station. Services depart twice a week, and operate Monday and Tuesday. The journey takes approximately 13h.
No, there is no direct train from Katowice to Kiel. However, there are services departing from Katowice and arriving at Kiel Hbf via S+U Lichtenberg Bhf, Berlin Hbf and Hamburg Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 17m.
The distance between Katowice and Kiel is 939 km. The road distance is 870.8 km.
The best way to get from Katowice to Kiel without a car is to train via Hamburg which takes 10h 17m and costs €120 - €310.
It takes approximately 10h 17m to get from Katowice to Kiel, including transfers.
Katowice to Kiel bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Katowice, Bus Station Sadowa.
Katowice to Kiel train services, operated by PKP Intercity, depart from Katowice station.
The best way to get from Katowice to Kiel is to train via Hamburg which takes 10h 17m and costs €120 - €310. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €75 - €120 and takes 13h.
What companies run services between Katowice, Poland and Kiel, Germany?
You can take a train from Katowice to Kiel Hbf via Berlin-Lichtenberg, S+U Lichtenberg Bhf, Berlin Hbf, and Hamburg Hbf in around 10h 17m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Katowice, Bus Station Sadowa to Kiel central bus station twice a week. Tickets cost €75–120 and the journey takes 13h.
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Katowice International Airport to Hamburg Airport via Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–320
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Hamburg Airport via Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–270
Flights from Warsaw Chopin Airport to Hamburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Katowice International Airport to Billund Airport via Warsaw Chopin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–350
Flights from Warsaw Chopin Airport to Hamburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–330
Flights from Warsaw Chopin Airport to Hamburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–330
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Hamburg Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Warsaw Chopin Airport to Hamburg Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–330
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Katowice International Airport to Hamburg Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–230
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Hamburg Airport via Gdansk
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Katowice International Airport to Hamburg Airport via Oslo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–230
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Hamburg Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–330
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Hamburg Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–290
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Katowice International Airport to Billund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–210
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- sekretariat@intercity.pl
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Katowice to Berlin-Lichtenberg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Katowice to Berlin-Lichtenberg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Katowice to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €8–16
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Katowice to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Berlin Hbf to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Berlin Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €70–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Bordesholm
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €15–70
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–80
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- *
- €20–35
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- *
- €20–35
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- *
- €20–35
Train from Hamburg Hbf to Kiel Hbf
- *
- €20–35
Train from Katowice to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- Koleie Malopolskie
- Phone
- +48 32 428 88 88
- bok@kolejeslaskie.com
- Website
- Koleje Śląskie
Train from Katowice to Krakow Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Website
- Koleje Śląskie
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Katowice to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Katowice to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €24
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Katowice to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–26
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Katowice to Warszawa Zachodnia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–16
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +47 70 13 14 15
- kundehenv@dsb.dk
- Website
- Danish Railways
Train from Kolding St. to Schleswig
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11
- Website
- Danish Railways
- Phone
- (040) 303 977-333
- moin@nordbahn.de
- Website
- Nordbahn Eisenbahngesellschaft
Train from Schleswig to Kiel Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Schedules at
- Nordbahn Eisenbahngesellschaft
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Katowice, Bus Station Sadowa to Kiel central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +48 14 6 571 777
- linia@madeltrans.com.pl
- Website
- Mądeltrans Eurolines
Bus from Katowice to Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- Mądeltrans Eurolines
- Phone
- 7010 4410
- post@sydtrafik.dk
- Website
- Sydtrafik
Bus from Billund Lufthavn / Billund Airport to Kolding Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- Sydtrafik
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Katowice to Kiel bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Kiel central bus station.
Katowice to Kiel train services, operated by PKP Intercity, arrive at Berlin-Lichtenberg station.
Yes, the driving distance between Katowice to Kiel is 871 km. It takes approximately 7h 48m to drive from Katowice to Kiel.
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